Author: Gerardo Gonzalez

Raw pumpkin can be puréed and mixed into cottage cheese or grated and used as a nutrient-dense topping for salads and baked goods. Meanwhile, cooked pumpkin works well in soups, stir-fries, curries, and desserts. Pumpkin seeds can be seasoned and enjoyed raw or roasted for a simple snack option. Is it OK to eat raw […]

With small edible sugar pie pumpkin, poke it all around with a sharp knife or fork, pop it into the microwave and cook on high for five minute intervals until it is easily pierced with a fork. Then cut it in half, remove the seeds and scoop out the flesh from the skin. How do […]

Sadly, no. The density of pumpkin puree is too thick for the home canner to safely heat to the core and kill botulism spores. Yikes, just don’t go messing around with that. Nor are you able to safely can pumpkin puree in a water bath or pressure canner. Why can’t I can pumpkin puree? Most […]

nothing kicks gastronomy into high gear like Trader Joe’s 100% pure puree of pumpkin. Which canned pumpkin is real pumpkin? Instead, most canned pumpkin in the U.S. is made from a type of pumpkin that doesn’t look all that typical. Dickinson pumpkins, also known as Dickinson squash, are the pumpkins used to make the majority […]

A cooked pumpkin that is blended or mashed in a food processor to create a smooth pulp. This round orange ingredient can be baked, roasted, sautéed, steamed or boiled. Is canned pumpkin 100% pumpkin? If you’re buying a can of pumpkin off the shelf, you should know that it’s not made from the same orange […]

Technically, the skin of nearly all pumpkin and squash varieties is edible; however, some varieties’ skins are simply too tough and take too long to soften when cooking, resulting in the flesh being ready well before the skin. What happens if you eat pumpkin skin? Like other fruits and vegetables, a lot of the nutrients […]

It Starts In the Patches In those cases, the excess pumpkins are typically donated to local zoos, given to a farm’s animals such as hungry pigs and eager cattle, or “disced” by farmers and used as natural fertilizer for the land. What happens to pumpkins that are not sold? “Larger pumpkin growers,” said Mynatt, “usually […]

Cucurbits can contain cucurbitacin, a toxic compound A doctor warned on Friday that bitter-tasting pumpkins and squashes can contain potent toxins, after two women were poisoned by their dinners and lost most of their hair. Why does my pumpkin taste bitter? Cucurbits can contain cucurbitacin, a toxic compound that gives off a bitter taste. The […]

However, an overripe pumpkin can quickly spoil that joy because these pumpkins don’t look as robust and firm and they don’t have suitable pulp for baking and preparing other recipes. The inside of the pumpkin may have a foul odor and bad taste from bacteria breeding. How do you know when a pumpkin has gone […]

Here are several all-natural ways to recycle them with local wildlife in mind. Compost Your Pumpkins. If you’ve carved a jack-o-lantern, it may already be decomposing. Make a Snack-o-Lantern. Share Pumpkin Seeds With Wildlife. Cut into Pieces for Animals. Plant Pumpkin Seeds. What can I do with leftover mini pumpkins? 9 Uses for Mini Pumpkins […]

Yes, white pumpkins are edible. Even though white pumpkins may look quite a bit different from the typical orange Jack-o-Lantern, they are actually quite similar. White pumpkins taste almost exactly like their orange counterparts, and they are also grown in exactly the same manner. Can green pumpkins be eaten? Even green flesh can be used […]

If they’re properly toasted and are small to medium sized, they are wonderfully crunchy and easy to eat. The larger carving pumpkins will yield large seeds, which are probably best to eat shelled. Don’t throw out your pumpkin seeds! Can I eat seeds from carving pumpkin? Styrian pumpkin seeds are ideal for eating because they […]

Note: This idiom comes from the fairy tale where Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother transforms a pumpkin into a carriage so that she can get to the Prince’s ball at the palace. However, at 12:00 midnight everything returns to normal, including the carriage turning back into a pumpkin so she needs to go home before that time. […]